Word Summary
strēnos: insolent luxury
Original Word: στρῆνοςTransliteration: strēnos
Phonetic Spelling: (stray'-nos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: insolent luxury
Meaning: insolent luxury
Strong's Concordance
delicacy, luxury
Akin to stereos; a "straining", "strenuousness" or "strength", i.e. (figuratively) luxury (voluptuousness) -- delicacy.
see GREEK stereos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4764: στρῆνοςστρῆνος,
στρήνους,
τό (allied with
στερεός, which see),
excessive strength which longs to break forth, over-strength; luxury (
R. V. wantonness (marginal reading
luxury)):
Revelation 18:3 (see
δύναμις, d.); for
שַׁאֲנָן,
arrogance, 2 Kings 19:28;
eager desire, Locophron, 438.